Improvement in railroad-gates



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoEo JAMES H. VIOKARS, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

IMPROVEMENT IN RAILROAD-GATES..

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1945,31 6, dated August 21, 1877 application filed January 3, 1877.

To all whom tmay concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES HENRY Viox- ARS, of Denver, in the county of Arapahoe and State of Colorado, have invented an Im-4 sists in certain improvements in the construction of the same hereinafter shown and described.

In the accompanying plate of drawings, in

which corresponding parts are designated by the same .letters- Figure l is a perspective view, showing the gate in a raised position. Fig. 2 shows the gate lowered. A

The gate consists of an upper section, A, and lower section B, arranged to telescope or slide within the upper section. The crosspieces C C are arranged before and behind the gate in such a manner as to allow it to pass between them with facility, and are secured to the upright posts D, which are provided With chambers for the reception of the vvertical rods E and spiral springs H. The bars I are pivoted to the rails K, and rest in slots cut in the upper edges of the said gate.

The operation of the gate is simple. The wheels of the passing train press downward the bars I, which in turn force the gate below the level ot' the track. After the train has passed the spiral springs H, arranged upon the rods E, lift the Pgate upward to its original position.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- A gate for railways, operated by the passing train, consisting of the upper section A, lower section B, vertical rods E, springs H, bars I, and rails K, combined together, as described.

In testimony that 1 claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of October, 1876.

JAMES HENRY VIOKARS.

Witnesses:

H. Y. ANDERSON, W. C. ANDERSON. 

